Al Wagan Free Styler
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:36 pm
Hello Almosters,
I had heard a lot of stories about Al Wagan, but had never driven there before. Lucky for me I was invited to join an advance level drive, so as you can imagine my answer was YES DEFINITELY YES. in love
After the Inter drive on Fri afternoon, those of us joining the next day drove straight to the camp point (~2.5 hours away). I reached the last gas station to find [mention]Yazan Ali[/mention] and [mention]Abu Odai[/mention] already there, so we decided to head to the camp point together. The dirt road leading to camp was crazy bumpy and dusty, I feel bad for the jeepers who had to go through that. ouch...it hurts
The weather at camp was awesome, nice breeze and not at all cold. The three of us sat there in the dark enjoying the peaceful night until the rest of the campers started joining. At around 11, I decided its time to go to sleep and get plenty of rest since it was gona be a looooong intense day tomorrow. Shortly after I was woken up by really strong winds shaking my tent violently. I wanted to sleep in the car instead, but was worried I might not find my tent the next day (seriously!). oh noes So I just layed there for several hours contemplating if I should go home in the morning. Overall I got around 1.5 hours of sleep, but I was feeling fresh in the morning so i decided to stay and not miss this opportunity. grin
We all had breakfast (Thank you [mention]Abu Odai[/mention] for the yummy sandwich), and then got our briefing around 8 am. The convoy structure was [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] as lead, advanced driver as 2nd lead, inters, then rest of advanced and marshals at the end. Rashid mentioned that we would warm up on the smaller dunes then head to the bigger chains. Well it seems there are no small dunes in Al Wagan, cause straight away we were doing some crazy climbs. ORLY
This drive was an all you can eat buffet of sidecresting, huge dunes, crazy arches, roaring engines, and incredible sights, with a few OH S**T moments for dessert. yuush
At about 11, I started to feel too tired and unfocused, and was worried that I would suffer some nasty consequences. you're kidding, right So I informed the marshals I wanted to leave and was told there was an easy track nearby and we're almost there. But Al Wagan does not let you leave that easily, and it turns out the easy track was actually a basket area for several KMs. Well, nothing to do now but drink some coffee and stay focused.
We continued our fun, crazy, adrenaline filled adventure. I was advised I should take it easy since I was tired, but when Id see those gorgeous massive dunes infront of me, I couldn't resist but floor it. (Like dangling candy in-front of a baby)
At 2 we reached the dirt road, where [mention]giorgio[/mention] and I said our goodbyes, then the convoy was off for some more action.
I'm definitely coming back to this area but next time with more sleep!!!
Thank you [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] for this opportunity.
See you all soon. pacman
I had heard a lot of stories about Al Wagan, but had never driven there before. Lucky for me I was invited to join an advance level drive, so as you can imagine my answer was YES DEFINITELY YES. in love
After the Inter drive on Fri afternoon, those of us joining the next day drove straight to the camp point (~2.5 hours away). I reached the last gas station to find [mention]Yazan Ali[/mention] and [mention]Abu Odai[/mention] already there, so we decided to head to the camp point together. The dirt road leading to camp was crazy bumpy and dusty, I feel bad for the jeepers who had to go through that. ouch...it hurts
The weather at camp was awesome, nice breeze and not at all cold. The three of us sat there in the dark enjoying the peaceful night until the rest of the campers started joining. At around 11, I decided its time to go to sleep and get plenty of rest since it was gona be a looooong intense day tomorrow. Shortly after I was woken up by really strong winds shaking my tent violently. I wanted to sleep in the car instead, but was worried I might not find my tent the next day (seriously!). oh noes So I just layed there for several hours contemplating if I should go home in the morning. Overall I got around 1.5 hours of sleep, but I was feeling fresh in the morning so i decided to stay and not miss this opportunity. grin
We all had breakfast (Thank you [mention]Abu Odai[/mention] for the yummy sandwich), and then got our briefing around 8 am. The convoy structure was [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] as lead, advanced driver as 2nd lead, inters, then rest of advanced and marshals at the end. Rashid mentioned that we would warm up on the smaller dunes then head to the bigger chains. Well it seems there are no small dunes in Al Wagan, cause straight away we were doing some crazy climbs. ORLY
This drive was an all you can eat buffet of sidecresting, huge dunes, crazy arches, roaring engines, and incredible sights, with a few OH S**T moments for dessert. yuush
At about 11, I started to feel too tired and unfocused, and was worried that I would suffer some nasty consequences. you're kidding, right So I informed the marshals I wanted to leave and was told there was an easy track nearby and we're almost there. But Al Wagan does not let you leave that easily, and it turns out the easy track was actually a basket area for several KMs. Well, nothing to do now but drink some coffee and stay focused.
We continued our fun, crazy, adrenaline filled adventure. I was advised I should take it easy since I was tired, but when Id see those gorgeous massive dunes infront of me, I couldn't resist but floor it. (Like dangling candy in-front of a baby)
At 2 we reached the dirt road, where [mention]giorgio[/mention] and I said our goodbyes, then the convoy was off for some more action.
I'm definitely coming back to this area but next time with more sleep!!!
Thank you [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] for this opportunity.
See you all soon. pacman